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Mark Holloway

@markgh.bsky.social

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Father, husband, #WBA supporter. Making slow progress with an Ed D on the value of the Personal in Writing (I think) while working in Higher Education. Still believe in education as a force for good.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is exactly why we need people like @jimdickinson.bsky.social talking about Higher Education.

Screenshot of the transcript of the WonkHE podcast. The words are: This huge number of people have taken up massive student loans, done everything right, aspired to go to university, done all that, and they can't get in the housing matter, they can't meet the bills at the end of the month and so on. But it still feels, even when I was listening to us thinking, just saying some of this out loud would make you look like such a wanker at home, wouldn't it? You know what I mean?

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This was a brilliant session. Proud of the scruffy by meaningful artefacts I took away from it. #ALDCON25

A collage, an envelope, and some hand written notes.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Room with a(n amazing) view for #ALDCON25 Day Two.

A half-open window with a view out onto Greenwich Park.

A person speaking in a lecture theatre. There are three windows with views out onto a green park.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Brilliant day at #ALDCON25. Enjoyed thinking, learning, and talking about embedding academic skills, the vital human-ness of writing, transitions, metaphors, data, and criticality. Managed to curate my day so that Daniel Pearce was the headline act…and what an amazing location. Beautiful.

Sharon Perera and Amy Sampson presenting on an online pre-arrival course for students at the University of Greenwich.

Deborah O’Neill giving a presentation on metaphors for Further and Higher Education in Scotland.

Daniel Pearce from the University of Hertfordshire presenting on his research and practice in the use of documentary films to teach critical thinking skills.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Loved learning about brilliant work done by @djrgrey.bsky.social and @katrinanavickas.bsky.social at #HertsImpactSymposium2025 today. New additions to my vocabulary: “baby farm” and “settlement house”.

Graphical notes on a presentation by Daniel Grey.

Daniel Grey and Katrina Navickas presenting.

A panel discussion on a state with a backdrop of graphical notes on a series of presentations.

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Mark Holloway @markgh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Important takeaway from #HertsImpactSymposium2025 : everyone should subscribe to @cilloyd.bsky.social’s Books Up Close podcast : youtube.com/@booksupclos...